| ISOAMYL ALCOHOL | |
| COE No.: | 51 | FEMA No.: | 2057 | JECFA No.: | 52 | Chemical names: | 3-METHYL-1-BUTANOL | Synonyms: | ISOBUTYL CARBINOL | Functional class: | FLAVOURING AGENT | Latest evaluation: | 1996 | ADI: | 0-3 mg/kg bw (1979) | Comments: | No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent. The 1979 group ADI of 0-3 mg/kg bw for isoamyl acetate and isoamyl butyrate, expressed as isoamyl alcohol, was maintained at the forty-sixth meeting (1996). | Report: | TRS 868-JECFA 46/23 | Specifications: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/110 (2001) | Tox monograph: | See TRS 868-JECFA 46/68 | Previous status: | 1996, COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 4/FNP 52 Add.4/181. R
1979, TRS 648-JECFA 23/29, NOT PREPARED, 0-3 (GROUP ADI FOR ISOAMYL ACETATE AND ISOAMYL BUTYRATE, EXPRESSED AS ISOAMYL ALCOHOL) |
| 30 Apr 02 | |
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Toxicological Abbreviations
Isoamyl alcohol (ICSC)